Opportunities

In these uncertain times, global asset manager Capital Group believes its important for advisers to step back and consider the long-term trends that are driving companies and markets. The team recently put together the ten most important themes for investors to consider in the year ahead.

After decades in the industry there are a few key characteristics that tend to stand-out and are best to look out for when assessing these new and emerging opportunities.

It’s every Australian’s dream to win a division one jackpot. While your odds of that are pretty slim, you can now benefit from lotteries in another way. Last week The Lottery Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLC) – which owns brands including Tattslotto, Powerball and Ozlotto in addition to Keno outlets – was listed as a standalone…

Thanks to the rapid uptake in ‘green’ ESG funds by the wholesale and retail investment community, growth in clean and renewable energy is starting to bend the emissions curve. Yes, progress is being made; but nowhere near the required rate to prevent global temperatures from rising past a safe limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius. Far…

Australia’s largest ETF provider, Betashares, has launched two new products designed to take advantage of the move to decarbonisation and renewable energy – BetaShares Solar ETF (ASX:TANN) and BetaShares Global Uranium ETF (ASX:URNM). The move comes just days after ETF competitor VanEck, announced it would launch a carbon credits ETF. The ETF will track the…

A rollercoaster wouldn’t do justice to the ride Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) shareholders have been on lately. In fact, it’s more like an avalanche, with a temporary reprieve on the way down. After missing internal and external forecasts over the past two years, the Appen share price is down a staggering 84%. In 2020 it…

Jeremy Grantham’s “wild rumpus” appears to have well and truly begun. But it might only be the beginning of a gloomy period for markets. Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist of GMO and part-time prophet of doom, has been unusually quiet of late. One would expect the severe market dislocation we’ve been experiencing since the start…

At our core, almost every investor feels like a contrarian at some point in time. It is only natural to see value in something that has fallen significantly in a short period of time. And to be honest, I must have considered buying the leveraged Nasdaq ETF at least 10 times in the last few…

It’s not quite a 1980’s style corporate raider attempt, but it’s pretty darn close. Australia’s 4th richest man is trying to disrupt the dissembling of the country’s largest energy generator and retailer. After previously trying to buy the whole company twice, MikeCannon–Brookes, through his holding company Grok Ventures, has effectively secured 11% of AGLEnergyLimited (ASX:…

After months of central banks kicking the can down the road, inflation is beginning to entrench itself. Businesses are reporting rising input prices. Households are being hit with bigger bills. And markets continue to swing wildly. Here are five ASX shares to protect your portfolio from inflation. Supermarkets don’t exactly scream sexy, exciting, or invest…

Stockbroker and wealth manager Morgans has released its “best ideas” paper, which outlines the broker’s best ideas offering the highest risk-adjusted returns over a 12-month timeframe supported by a higher-than-average level of confidence. They are also the broker’s most preferred sector exposures. Here are six of its best picks: Wesfarmers (ASX:WES) – Large-cap idea –…

It’s been a bumpy ride for the BHP in 2022, with the share price of Australia’s now largest company resembling more of a rollercoaster than a blue-chip company. In the last two weeks alone, the BPH share price fell top to bottom 15% – eliminating $50 billion in market capitalisation – before recovering part of…